Gilad Atzmon's Blog, page 99
March 24, 2013
No to Lévy
By Gilad Atzmon
The Independent reported today that French ultra Zionist, pseudo philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy “was banned from joining the former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to Libya this week because he is Jewish."
Mr Lévy was the leading voice behind the French and British-led military intervention led to the collapse Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011. “He is credited with helping to persuade Mr Sarkozy to send French warplanes to protect rebels from Gaddafi’s forces.” However, the Libyans seem to be slightly suspicious of their ‘liberator.’
According to the French news website Rue89, Mr Lévy was banned from Mr Sarkozy’s visit to Libya earlier this week because the municipal authorities in Tripoli feared his Jewish background would make him a target for attacks by Islamist militia. I guess that Lévy interventionist ‘philosophy’ should be realised as an exemplary case of the of Zionists’ shift from promised Land to promised-planet.
March 22, 2013
CD of the week on Jazz Planet (Germany)
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Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble - CD der Woche bei jazzplanet
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble - Songs Of The Metropolis (World Village/Harmonia Mundi)
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Busy Here...
Hi everybody, I am touring extensively around the globe at the moment. No much time to write commentaries. However, I will do my best to keep the site updated.
This week I am giving talks and workshops in Japan (Palestine, history, music). From April 1st I will be visiting Argentina for two weeks (music, literature, Palestine). On April 16th I will meet the OHE in Frankfurt, we will be touring Europe for two weeks. In Early May I will be launching The Wandering Who in Italian. I ll be playing in Italy for a week till May 11th..
Peace and love to all of you…
Gilad
Newsweek's Atzmon Special (Spanish)
My message is universal
Brilliant musician and controversial writer, Atzmon Comes to Argentina
By Cristian H. Savio
Translated by Carlos Omran
There are those who believe that in nowadays Argentina, politics traverses art in an inevitable merge, and that artists, should abstract themselves of any ideological manifestation.
Imagine being the most famous saxophonist of Israel, and for many, one of the most talented multi-instrumentalists in the world, and at the same time, a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, after having resigned his nationality.
Gilad Atzmon doesn´t set himself in this dichotomy between the writer and the musician that for years kept him confused, (he confesses). “Now I can see an intellectual, emotional and spiritual continuity in everything I do”, he says. And what he does, in reference to the most recent things, is to compose impressive recordings as `Songs of the Metropolis ´, and to write complex and polemical books like `La identidad errante´, The Wandering Who (Canaán Editorial), in which he produces “a harsh critique of Jewish politics and identity”.
His philosophical and political ideas, as time unfolds, have rendered him a long list of enemies. Consequently back in time, used to experience incidents amidst his concerts, triggered by some angry spectators. “Not so much anymore”, he says.
“It´s never been a problem for me. The message I convey is universal and pacifist, a vast majority of people support it. That's why all campaigns against me end up backfiring; it only draws people towards my ideas”.
March 21, 2013
March 17, 2013
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Joyous, Wondrous Time as Atzmon Overwhelms
GA: This following is one of the most flattering reviews of my work as a writer, educator and a thinker. It probably explains why people are interested in my work, however, it certainly explains why my detractors are in a state of constant tantrum…
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By Jeff Merrifield
When we sat in the Mareel and heard Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio there was a general understanding that this was the pinnacle of performance, a truly enlightening experience, and we thought we would never see the like of it again. Just one month later, sitting in the Town Hall, Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House ensemble once more blew our minds and took us to heights of unimaginable musical rapture. However, there was an added ingredient here – entertainment. Gilad is a master showman with a hyperactive personality and knows very well how to give an audience a good time as well as musical thrills.
The group were playing tunes from their latest album Songs of the Metropolis on the World Village record label. Atzmon is renowned for his virtuoso, high-speed, post-bop attack. This concept album explores more sober alternative territory, where nearly every song is a ballad and even the occasionally faster-paced tunes emit an aura of relative calm. Atzmon’s concept is to dedicate his pieces to individual cities, conjuring an atmosphere evocative of the essential flavour of these various places. Here we begin in Paris, with Atzmon putting down his sax in favour of a new interest in the accordion and he elicits a truly Parisian sound. Although he has long resided in London, that’s one of the obvious cities missing from this repertoire. He skirts from Berlin to Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv, and from Scarborough to ‘Somewhere in Italy’.
Samir Abed-Rabbo on President Obama's Visit To Israel
As a Palestinian-American, I want President Obama to know that by visiting and laying a wreath at the grave of Theodore Herzl is tantamount to laying a wreath on the grave of Jefferson Davis and a clear indication of his support for racism, apart-ness (Apartheid) and segregation of Palestinians and Israeli-Jews based on ethnicity and religion and the Zionist colonialism of historic Palestine. Also by visiting the Israeli museum where he is to view the Dead Sea Scrolls, President Obama legitimizes Israel’s theft of Palestinian heritage including the very manuscripts that he will be reviewing.
Samir Abed-Rabbo
